# Sources



# Overview

Sources discover pages or files to index. The CLI supports `fileBased` and `prerender` sources.

## File-based source

Scans a build output directory for HTML files. It matches the [file-based source](/docs/indexing/file-based-source) behavior.

```bash
peam \
  --source fileBased --projectDir . --sourceDir dist --glob "**/*.html" \
  --store fileBased --indexPath .peam/index.json
```

**Options**

* `projectDir`: project root directory.
* `sourceDir`: directory containing files to index (auto-detected if omitted).
* `glob`: glob pattern for files (default `**/*.{html,htm}`).

## Prerender source

Uses framework prerender manifests. It matches the [prerender source](/docs/indexing/prerender-source) behavior.

```bash
peam \
  --source prerender --projectDir . --prerenders ./out/prerender-manifest.json \
  --store fileBased --indexPath .peam/index.json
```

**Options**

* `projectDir`: project root directory.
* `prerenders`: array of prerender pages (JSON) or a JSON string.


## Sitemap
[Overview of all docs pages](/sitemap.md)